 North Korea could have up to 48 nuclear weapons by the end of 2016, according to a U.S. think tank.
| Is that how many they'll have, or how many they'll have left after selling some to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and whoever else has enough cash? |
The latest report by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security made such an estimate after reviewing the North's centrifuge program and light-water reactors. The amount of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium Pyongyang can make depends on the level at which it uses its centrifuge plants.
| Brilliant insight, boys, brilliant. Really -- it depends on the level at which they use their centrifuges, does it? |
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